There was exactly one piece of good news emanating from Missouri’s second-half performance against South Carolina: Damarea Crockett’s injury doesn’t appear to be serious. Crockett rushed only twice in the second half against the Gamecocks due to a bruised tailbone, but he should be fine.
Crockett went into the break with 91 yards on 16 carries. He only carried the ball two more times the rest of the game. He came out in the third quarter and did not return.
“Rex” Sharp “said he’s going to be OK. Wasn’t able to play in the second half. Should be back next week,” coach Barry Odom said. “Bruised tailbone, sounded like. Mine’s bruised, too. It’s called an ass-kicking.”
After the game Coach Odom gave an update on RB Damarea Crockett's tailbone injury as well as the tailbone injury that he personally suffered pic.twitter.com/Aq8rTyjrvO
— Tramel Raggs (@Raggs_No_Riches) September 10, 2017
Obviously the weekend story line changed pretty significantly when Odom announced he was parting ways with Demontie Cross on Sunday evening. All the major Mizzou outlets have their post-mortems — Post-Dispatch, Trib, KC Star, PowerMizzou, Missourian — and you can read whichever of those you choose.
One line did stick out in the PM piece, though:
"https://t.co/2yClRbXaa3 has been told the move was not related to on field performance of the Tiger defense."
— Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) September 11, 2017
Insert #thisisfine dog here. https://t.co/e6zE6fpzjS
I’m not going to speculate about whether this was a philosophical thing, a personal differences thing, or whatever, but ... apparently there’s more to the story than we’ve heard just yet. Stay tuned, I guess.
More Football Links:
- Leadership: Marcell Frazier ended his media boycott and spoke to reporters after the game ... primarily, it appears, to accept blame for missing a tackle on South Carolina’s last touchdown of the game.
- Hey, Jason Reese had a pretty good game...
More Links:
- The weekend went as expected for Mizzou Volleyball in Salt Lake City: beat Green Bay, get swept by No. 15 San Diego, get swept by No. 18 Utah. The Tigers don’t really have it this year.
- Things went a little better for Mizzou Soccer. The Tigers immediately fell behind San Diego State in the sixth minute but rallied to tie the game at halftime, then take the win with a second goal in the second half. After a brutal non-conference strength of schedule, they sit at 3-4-1 with Georgia up next.
HIGHLIGHTS: @MizzouSoccer hit two answered goals to take down San Diego State 2-1! Lindsey Whitmore tapped in her first Tiger goal in the W pic.twitter.com/iQwzF44iwY
— Mizzou Network (@MizzouNetwork) September 11, 2017
POSTGAME REPORT: @BenArnetMU and Simon Rose break down the thrilling 2-1 @MizzouSoccer victory over San Diego State pic.twitter.com/wqzYXfOXOF
— Mizzou Network (@MizzouNetwork) September 11, 2017
- Mizzou Women’s Hoops hung out at Douglass Park on Saturday morning for a youth basketball clinic.
giving back is what it's all about! loved hangin with these two ballers pic.twitter.com/GsHGkKUJpt
— Sophie Cunningham (@sophaller) September 10, 2017
- New PAPN! The first Sunday night episode of the season is up, though it’s mainly focused on the S&P+ top 30 ... which is to say, Mizzou did not come up. :(